Device for moving a vehicle at an angle to the direction in which it runs normally



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I E TION IN File vention for manually driving the wheel mounted Patented Mar. 18, 1941 PATENT OFFIQE DEVICE FOR. MOVING A A'l AN ANGLE To run JIJIBECTION 1N w ncn rr RUNS N OBMALL Alfred Stein, Erfurt, (ilern any Application 0mm- 21, 19:2, semi at. 231,348.

V MGM January 31, 1938 v 3 Claims. (Cl. 180-1) a vehicle at an angle to the direction in-which it runs normally.

It is an object of my invention to provide a device by which a vehicle of any .kind, including motor cars and railroad vehicles can be moved. at an ang1e,.and normally at right'angles, to

the direction in which the vehicle constructed to un. 7

To this end, I; provide a truck which is arranged to run in a direction at an angle to that in which the vehicle normally runs, a driving wheel on the truck, means for rotating the driving wheel, and means for raising and lowering the truck with respect totheframe.

It is another object of my invention to in-' crease the adaptability of thedevice aforesaid.

To this end, I provide means for turning the vehicle frame with respect to the truck.

It is still another object or my invention to To this end, in combination with a truck on the vehicle, as described, I arrange a portable In the accompanying drawing; various em- Fig. 1 is a sid elevation of a motor vehicle equipped with the invention.

Fig. 2' is a detail of a modification of them-,-

truck.

1 Fig. 3 is a top plan ,view' ofthe invention ap plied to a vehicle chassis.

Referring now to the drawing, the chassis comprises the usual frame members a. and four wheels. Mounted to slide in, or on, the frame members a are apair of racks d to which; is fixed 'aturn table I: so that the turn table, the

. racks and the'frame a may rotate as a, unit.

Mounted below and concentric to the upper turn table It is a lower turn table I to which the truck frame 0 is connected. A motor 1: suitably secured to the frame e isprovided with a beveled pinion a: meshing with a beveled ring gear m on the upper turn table is. A driving shaft 0 isarranged in suitable bearings on the truck frame c at right angles to the axes of-the wheels I .and driving wheels, or rollers, b, and b are arranged on the driving shaft o. In addition to the wheels, the truck frame supports a .the engine of the car.

'hicle at an angle of degrees to the direction out the motor 11. when the frame a has been invention relates to a devicefor moving pair of carryin wheels b and b'. A motor a.

, point, for instance, to the intermediate gear q.

and equipped with a crank t.

Various means may be provided for raising and lowering the truck 0. In the present instance, manual means is provided and comprises a shaft e which is mounteddn suitable'bearings one the chassis a. a pinion u for each rack d on the shaft e, and acrank v for rotating the shaft e. Obviously, amotor' such as 0 might.

be provided for rotating the shaft e, or the racks d and the driving shaft 0, or one of these elements, might be arranged to be operated from Instead of a pair of drivingand a pair of 20 carrying wheels, as shown, the truck might beprovided witli'three wh e s. the third wheel. being the driving wheel, or a carrying wheel. I I It is known thatit is often desirable to remove a given vehicle from a row of parked vehicles, for instance, motor cars, for using or repairing this given vehicle. My truck is so arranged that, when lowered and with the truck wheels in the position shown, it moves the veso in which it normally runs; The vehicle can now be moved manually or mechanically and when it has arrived at the desired point the truck is elevated and the vehicle is now ready to run on its own wheels.

It is another advantage that a motor car or the likecan be elevated on the truck for repairs, dispensing with the tedious jacking which is very diilicult for unskilled drivers.- When it is desired to turn the car thro h any angle about the axis of the turntables k and 1. up to 180 degs., the truck 0 is lowered together with the turntables 1c and luntil its wheels are on the ground, and then the frame a is elevated as far as required. The motor 11. is now started and the upper turntable k is rotated-while the lower turntable 1 remains in its fixed position. Any suitable means may be provided, for cutting turned the extent required.

cars on narrow streets for adjusting the vehicle for another direction of running.

I claim: 1. In a vehicle having a main mi e, a device -'I'his expedient is very desirable for motor for moving said vehicle at an angle to its normal running direction, comprising an auxiliary frame, at least one driving wheel on said auxiliary frame, means on said auxiliary frame for driving said wheel, a fixed table member mounted on said auxiliary frame, a turntable rotatably .mounted on said fixed table member and arranged concentrically to the latter, vertical means slidable in said main frame and operatively connected to said rotatable turntable for raisingand lowering said auxiliary frame, and

means carried by said auxili'aryframe for ro tating said turntable with respect to said aux- ALFRED sram. 

